New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-02
PROBABLYADOUBLE MURDER
ANEGRo TURNS ON HIS ToRMENToRs.
ONE OF THEM SHOT DEAD AND THE OTHER FATAL
LY woUNDED-THE MURDERER's IRISH WIFE

ONE OF THEM SHOT DEAD AND THE OTHER FATAL
LY woUNDED-THE MURDERER's IRISH WIFE
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
John Carroll Cardownera negro for the last five years
has lived In tenement house In the rear of No. IL
Thompson-st. His wife is Irshwoman and he has
several small children The other Of the house
all Irish, and Landowners life has been happy
Landowner has the reputation OF being que; and
peaceable man. and seldom took any notice
Of what was going on in the house,
or paid any attention to tho abusive
stories that he heard But his wife built in differ
cnt mould aud was ever ready to engage in wordy
dispute with her neighbors. Mrs. Cardowner, when
tauntsd with the fling that she had disgraced the Irish
race by marrying q negro. would reply that good
negro was better than bad Irishman, and this made
her the special object Of hatred in the house, and pains
were taken to annoy her in many ways.
About 7:30 p yesterday wordy contest was going
at lively rate between Mrs. Carowner, who lives
on the second floor, and Mrs. Margaret Byrnes who
lives the first floor Mrs. Byrnes in the hallway
in front Of her room talking In loud voice to James
OBren. q boy. She SAID that negroes were
only fit to live with monkcys Mrs. Cardowner heard
the remark and in arms In a second Lilly Byrnes,
the granddaughter of Mrs. Byrnes, was In
Mrs. Cardowners hallway. and Mrs. Cardowner accused
Mrs Byrnes Of sending the child to her floor to throw
OF filth in front OF her door, This accusation was
Indignantly denied by Mrs Byrnes but the other woman
insisted that 1t true, and said that she caught the
Child near her rooms sne would throw or the
window. Threats Of all kinds made by the two
to what they would do to each other, and tho
other tenants all sided with Mrs Bynss and became so
violent that Mrs. Cardowner retired to her room and
kept quiet until her husband came home.
she told him about the quarrel, and insist
ed that he should protect her and
keep the neghbors from annoying her
she would leave him. Cardowner coolly ate his
supper and after lighting cigar. he took large 49,
cabre pistol from bureau drawer put 1t in his breast
pocket and started downstairs to have talk over the
afternoon disturbance About this time Thomas Byrnes,
the husband OF Mrs. Byrnes, and Daniel Tewahan, his
brotherinlaw started upstairs to see Cardowner. and
met him coming down. They all had few words on the
stairs In quiet way.
They went into the lower hallway still disputing Card
went into the street aud took small dog which
he had In his to the house OF FRIEND several
blocks away, aud then came back homo. Mrs. Byrnes
watching for him In the hallway OF the front house,
aud began abuse him. e passed through the little
yard between tho front and rear houses. There the
woman set upon hm and according TO her story he drew
hspsto and threatened to shoot her. She ran into the
house and told her husband who came out into the yard
followed by Teahan. Cariowner retrcated before the
two men through the hallway into the street. Byrnos
had hammer In his hand and Cardowner warned him.
II he did not go away, that he would shoot him
when they all got into the street several blows we're
jaw by Teahan aud Byrnes seized him by the neck Tea
Byrnes by the coat collar; but Cardowner kept hustng
Byrnes 20 that Teahan could not reach him Cardowner
evidently trying 10 get 10 the halway 70 run INTO
house, but the two pressed him 80 closely and
Byrncs choking him hard that he became desper
and pulled out his revolver Byrnes let 20 his hold
tho sight OF the pistol and made grab for h as Car
downer pulled tho trigger. Cardowner jumped sideways
"a and the ball straight through
Tehsu heart With the ball In his heart he advanced to-
Cardowner, who fired again. and the ball entered
Teahan breast about inch TO the right OF the rs
one. Teahan dropped dead on the sidewalk. and Car
downer wild with passion hourished the revolver At tine
people who came running toward him.
When Teahan fell Byrnes walked away few feet
toward the crowd but soon as Cardowner saw nlu ne
him In the groin Byrnes staggered away aud when
his back turned tardowner fired another shot which
struck him the small Of the back. He fell in the mid
die of the street aud then jumped up aud walked toward
Cana-st
heard the shots. lie TO where tho crowd hal coll
lected cadowncr running into the rear builf
ing ~tf tne rfof IN hts hand 3omerindyke ran after
him. and when he got into tho rear house, he heard
dashed, bnrst open tho door. and found Cardowner
quietly sittingi chair. The officer grabbed him. found
pistol with the four empty chambers In MS breast
pocket. and took him to the Prince street Station
his son. John Byrne lives when he became exhausted
from internal hemorrhags and fell In the street An
ambulance summoned from the Leonard street sta
tion and Byrnes taken To the Chambers street
SP wa, in ..ns dying and 'onaU1 Coroner to s
his antc-mortem statement In the opinion OF
the house surgeon he could only live short time Car
downer was taken by Officer somerindyko 10 tue Cham
stupor, identified him as the man who Hired
tho shots. Cardowner admitted to Cap
tain McDonnsll that he did the shooting,
aud said that he was blinded by passion and did not
been water In downtown dining room. He twenty
gears old Bvrnes IL forty years old. and Is a
porter Toahan laborer. about sixty years old
Byrncs was still alive at o'clock tn morning.